American Academy of Actuaries

Name

American Academy of Actuaries

Legal name

American Academy of Actuaries

Website

https://actuary.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association / Actuarial Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Actuarial professional association
• Professional standards
• Continuing education
• Membership services
• Public policy research

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues provide the primary revenue stream, supporting Academy operations, publications, professional standards development, and public policy engagement. Members receive access to Academy Learning platform, publications, webinars, and member discounts on events.
2. Continuing Education Programs: Revenue generated from webinars, seminars, and other continuing education offerings that help actuaries fulfill U.S. Qualification Standards for Continuing Education. Includes the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar, Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar, and various practice-area specific training.
3. Publications and Resources: Revenue from publications including Contingencies Magazine (bi-monthly), Actuarial Update newsletter, Academy Insights, HealthCheck, and various research papers and issue briefs. Some resources available free to members with premium content offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The American Academy of Actuaries is the U.S. national professional association for approximately 20,000 credentialed actuaries, providing membership credentialing (MAAA), continuing education, professional standards (ASOPs, USQS, Code of Conduct), public policy research, and career resources. It hosts the Actuarial Standards Board and supports the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline, giving it a unique standard-setting and disciplinary role for the U.S. actuarial profession.

Product overview

The American Academy of Actuaries is a professional association of 20,000 members providing a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to support the actuarial profession. The organization offers a unified platform centered on professionalism standards and policy research, supported by multiple integrated offerings including: Contingencies Magazine (bi-monthly publication), Actuarial Update newsletter, Academy Learning (continuing education LMS), Actuaries Longevity Illustrator (interactive longevity tool), Social Security Challenge (interactive reform simulator), and Actuaries Climate Index (climate education tool). Additional services include career resources through the Career Center, Actuarially Sound blog, and various educational publications. The organization also maintains rigorous professional standards including Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs), U.S. Qualification Standards, and Code of Professional Conduct to uphold the integrity of the actuarial profession.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Contingencies Magazine: Academy’s bi-monthly magazine offering captivating stories, insightful commentaries, interviews, and practical how-to columns exploring the actuarial world.
• Actuaries Longevity Illustrator
• Social Security Challenge
• Actuaries Climate Index
• Actuarial Update
• Academy Learning

Products and services

• Contingencies Magazine Bi-monthly magazine offering captivating stories, insightful commentaries, interviews, and practical how-to columns exploring the actuarial world for Academy members and the broader actuarial community.
• Academy Learning Online continuing education portal exclusively for Academy members, providing access to webinars, practice notes, live sessions, and automatic CE tracking to support U.S. Qualification Standards compliance.
• Career Center Career center providing job board, career learning center, resume development, reference checking, and career coaching services for actuaries and actuarial employers.
• Actuaries Longevity Illustrator Interactive tool that provides personalized insights into potential lifespan, helping users make financial choices to ensure they do not outlive their savings.
• Social Security Challenge Interactive tool for exploring real-world Social Security reform ideas, testing problem-solving skills, and measuring the impact of different approaches on solvency.
• Actuaries Climate Index (ACI) Educational tool designed to inform actuaries, public policymakers, and the general public about climate trends and potential impacts of a changing climate on the United States and Canada.
• Health Insurance Markets Resource Guide Series of resources examining how the stability and enrollment of individual and small group health insurance markets, large-group employer-sponsored health plans, and state Medicaid programs are interrelated and interdependent.

Quantifiable outcome

• Social Security reform window analysis: projected gap of 2.88% of taxable payroll, nearly three times larger than the 1983 reform gap, requiring Congressional action before 2034 deadline
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Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Academy provides technical actuarial expertise to NAIC through comment letters, presentations to NAIC task forces, and participation in regulatory framework development. Key engagement areas include risk-based capital (RBC) requirements, VM-22 principle-based reserves, climate risk disclosure surveys, and life/health insurance regulations. The partnership is fundamental to the Academy's regulatory policy mission.
• U.S. Department of the Treasury Federal Insurance OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Academy participated in a Treasury-hosted roundtable with industry representatives, consumer advocates, and academics to discuss title insurance industry and potential reforms. Treasury indicated support for research initiatives by the Academy to inform potential policy reforms.
• Actuarial Standards Board (ASB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ASB is housed within the Academy and sets standards for appropriate actuarial practice in the United States. The ASB develops, amends, and repeals Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs) through a deliberative process involving exposure drafts and public comment periods.
• Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ABCD is supported by the Academy and strengthens adherence by members of five U.S.-based actuarial organizations to recognized standards of ethical and professional conduct. It handles requests for guidance, investigates complaints, and recommends discipline when appropriate.
• National Science FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Academy submitted comments to the NSF regarding plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), warning that disruption to climate modeling capabilities would materially degrade catastrophe modeling relied upon by the property and casualty insurance sector. This partnership involves advocacy for scientific infrastructure critical to actuarial work.
• Casualty Actuarial SocietymajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Academy co-sponsors the annual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar with CAS. This joint event delivers continuing education on loss reserving topics to property/casualty actuaries, combining Academy's professional standards mission with CAS's practice area expertise.
• Five U.S.-Based Actuarial OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Academy jointly supports the Code of Professional Conduct with ASEA, CAS, CCA, and SOA. Additionally, cross-border discipline agreements exist with the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and Mexican actuarial organizations (CONAC, AMA, AMAC) to reduce risk of multiple disciplinary investigations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): U.S. national professional association for CPAs, comparable in scale and operating model: member-funded nonprofit, sets professional standards, delivers CE, publishes technical content, and engages in public policy. Useful benchmark for professional association operating economics.
• International Actuarial Association (IAA): Global umbrella body for actuarial associations worldwide. The IAA sets international actuarial standards of practice, making it a broad-incumbent peer to the Academy's role as the U.S. standards-setting organization.
• CFA Institute: Global professional association for investment professionals, administering the CFA charter. Comparable as a large, dues-funded professional association offering credentials, CE, standards of practice, and policy advocacy in a finance-adjacent discipline.

Regional players

• Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA): National actuarial body in Canada, partnered with the Academy via a cross-border discipline agreement and co-developer of the Actuaries Climate Index. Directly comparable function (national professional standards and credentials) but operates in a different geography.

Others

• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC): U.S. state insurance regulator. The Academy is a key partner that provides comment letters and actuarial expertise to NAIC; not a competitor, but a deeply adjacent ecosystem participant that consumes and amplifies the Academy's standards and research work.
• Actuarial Standards Board (ASB): Housed within the Academy, the ASB develops Actuarial Standards of Practice. Included as a peer because, although structurally part of the Academy, it operates as a distinct standards-setting body and is a direct functional peer to standards boards in other professions.

Direct peers

• Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA): U.S. professional association for consulting actuaries. CCA jointly supports the Code of Professional Conduct with the Academy and serves a directly overlapping member population of credentialed actuaries in consulting practice.
• Society of Actuaries (SOA): The primary U.S. professional actuarial association for life, health, retirement, and finance actuaries. Like the Academy, SOA offers credentials, CE, research, and jointly supports the Code of Professional Conduct; both compete for the same member base across overlapping practice areas.
• Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS): The leading U.S. professional society for property/casualty actuaries. CAS co-sponsors the Academy's Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and jointly supports the Code of Professional Conduct, directly comparable in CE delivery, credentials, and standards advocacy.
• American Society of Enrolled Actuaries (ASEA): U.S. association for actuaries enrolled under ERISA to perform pension actuarial services. ASEA jointly supports the Code of Professional Conduct with the Academy and competes/coordinates for dues and member engagement in the retirement practice area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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